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Tasted September 17, 2021 by canan with 254 views

Introduction

All wines were tasted blind.

Flight 1 (3 notes)

Red
2000 Château Léoville Las Cases France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
92 points
Very primary fruit, harsh structure and some spices. Aftertaste is short and overall the wine is a bit "boring" at the moment. Could have needed more decanting time to hopefully open it up a bit more.
3 people found this helpful Comment
Red
2000 Château Léoville Poyferré France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
94 points
Balanced and "cool" style fruit and also some complexity despite being young. Lovely perfumed nose. Juicy and herbaceous.
Great wine with a huge potential.
1 person found this helpful Comment
Red
2000 Château Léoville Barton France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
95 points
Primary fruit with a very lovely structure. Excellent fruit depth but also still very primary.
A huge wine and I simply loved it!
5 people found this helpful Comment

Flight 2 (3 notes)

Red
2000 Château Lynch-Bages France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
93 points
Intense plum-like fruit, elegant and with fine tannins. Great wine!
1 person found this helpful Comment
Red
2000 Château Pichon-Longueville Baron France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
96 points
Juicy black currant fruit with a touch of barnyard/manure and coffee.
Primary, intense and powerful but still with an amazing balance! One of the best Baron's I have tasted.
2 people found this helpful Comment
Red
2000 Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
94 points
Rust and blood mixed with young elegant fruit. Rose petals on the nose. Lovely.
Definitely 94p++
3 people found this helpful Comment

Flight 3 (2 notes)

Red
2000 Bodegas Vega-Sicilia Ribera del Duero Único Spain, Castilla y León, Ribera del Duero
95 points
Extremely intense but packed with coconut and vanilla. Dense in its fruit core and with a touch of sweetness.
An amazing wine!
1 person found this helpful Comment
Red
2000 Château Smith Haut Lafitte France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
93 points
Coffee, wet hay and animal cage. Extreme tannins. Needs time but with a great potential.
2 people found this helpful Comments (1)

Flight 4 (1 note)

Flight 5 (2 notes)

Red
2000 Tenuta San Guido Sassicaia Italy, Tuscany, Bolgheri, Bolgheri Sassicaia
94 points
Cool and tight Bdx-style fruit profile but still in an expressive way.
Herbs and green bell pepper. Lovely wine.
Red
2000 Giuseppe Quintarelli Cabernet Alzero Italy, Veneto, Veneto IGT
95 points
Dense sweet fruit but not overdone in any way. It is concentrated but not like the vintages before this.
This is not my favorite Alzero and I lacked the sweet fruit core that usually meant that possibility of very long aging.
1 person found this helpful Comment

Flight 6 (3 notes)

Red
2000 Château Le Gay Pomerol France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
94 points
Elegant and light blackberry fruit with a lovely and refined structure. Still very young. Lovely wine.
Red
2000 Château Trotanoy France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
96 points
Green bell pepper and black currant fruit with a touch of vanilla. Crazy structure but also a stunning balance.
An absolutely stunning wine!
2 people found this helpful Comment
Red
2000 Château La Fleur de Boüard Le Plus France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Lalande de Pomerol
93 points
Dense and compact fruit. Extreme but not in a defective way. Crazy structure but also quite bitter in the aftertaste.
Very intense but also off balance..

Flight 7 (4 notes)

Red
2000 Château Figeac France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
94 points
Compact fruit core and very young but unfortunately quite closed. Very "green" and with rough tannins.
1 person found this helpful Comment
Red
2000 Tertre Rôteboeuf France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
95 points
Blood and coffee but also very juicy. Elegant and very lovely to drink. Some "green" notes but a huge intensity.
Red
2000 Château Clos St. Martin France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
95 points
Huge structure but also very young. Not quite sure of what to think of this but it seems like a very good wine. There was just something that didn't peak for me despite the obvious quality.
Red
2000 La Mondotte France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
96 points
Very impressive wine that just jumps out of the glass. Creamy texture and some concentration of the fruit but still in a refined and refreshing way.
Amazing wine!!
2 people found this helpful Comment

Flight 8 (1 note)

White - Sweet/Dessert
2000 Château d'Yquem France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes
94 points
A decent sauternes but for me it lacked depth, concentration and botrytis. When revealed, I was slightly disappointed.

Flight 9 (1 note)

White - Sparkling
2000 Louis Roederer Champagne Cristal Brut France, Champagne
94 points
1 person found this helpful Comment
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